as in dusk
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
the glow of the western sky at sunset
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Recent Examples of sunset
Here are the monthly sunrise and sunset times until November:
March 20: 7:08 a.m. sunrise, 7:18 p.m. sunset
April 20: 6:22 a.m. sunrise, 7:47 p.m. sunset
May 20: 5:49 a.m. sunrise, 8:15 p.m. sunset
June 20: 5:41 a.m.
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Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
Activities and programming throughout the season include live music, family yoga, sunset meditation, wine tasting, flower workshops, tractor rides, a sweet pea maze and a tea garden.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
And no Real Housewives trip is complete without a boating excursion, with the women taking a private sunset sail on a massive catamaran.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Hello, Sailor The vibe: Located about 25 minutes from Charlotte, Hello, Sailor is a fitting venue for a lakeside date — try their tiki cocktails, share popcorn shrimp and enjoy the sunset over Lake Norman.
—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
Activities and programming throughout the season include live music, family yoga, sunset meditation, wine tasting, flower workshops, tractor rides, a sweet pea maze and a tea garden.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
And no Real Housewives trip is complete without a boating excursion, with the women taking a private sunset sail on a massive catamaran.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Hello, Sailor The vibe: Located about 25 minutes from Charlotte, Hello, Sailor is a fitting venue for a lakeside date — try their tiki cocktails, share popcorn shrimp and enjoy the sunset over Lake Norman.
—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunset
Noun
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The lights, which will be visible at dusk, will match the show's new logo.—
Sean Keane,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2025
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She is surrounded by figures that resemble cotton plants, their bulbs aglow, flickering like dragonflies hovering in the fading light of dusk.—
Omnia Saed,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Castillo performed small open-mic nights at restaurants and clubs in Brixton, often with the Latin alternative artist Desta French, who is Colombian and Italian.—
Suzy Exposito,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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The result of all this ingenuity, shoppers said, are restful nights and pain-free mornings.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Mar. 2025
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Anger at Willard had already advanced from simmer to boil before the Terps tipped off in San Francisco on Thursday evening.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution’s museums.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Several key figures - see Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker - are now into the twilights of their respective careers and so Guardiola’s team have been unable to play its usual style of high-energy, high-intensity soccer.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Getting to work with Jacobson again in the twilight of his career has been a thrill, Sirott said.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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For nearly a century, the town had served as a haven for African Americans while many other towns still had sundown laws and operated under the bullwhip of Jim Crow.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Without question, the man who feels compelled to smoke weed from sunup to sundown is dealing with some kind of issue.—
Harriette Cole,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Sunset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunset. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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